A renowned lighting designer and music composer, Mary-Anne Kyriakou is the founder and festival director of both i Light Marina Bay 2010 and Smart Light Sydney 2009, a light festival centered on sustainability and the appreciation of urban spaces after dark. Her light art & design practice is Studio Kybra.

As the former director of Meinhardt Lighting Consultancy, Mary-Anne was responsible for designing both interior and exterior lighting for a multitude of buildings throughout the Asia-Pacific region, from Hong Kong to Australia. She is also well known for her award-winning light art installations, several of which have been featured in exhibitions all over the world.

Mary-Anne has served as the keynote speaker for several major conventions and conferences, such as the Luminale Light Festival Germany 2010, the Poland Light Festival in 2009 and Designing Designers, Milan in 2007. She has also received several awards for her work in both lighting design and the arts. In 2008, she was the recipient of the prestigious Peggy Glanville Hicks Composer Fellowship.

Charmaine Toh has been producing and curating visual arts programmes since 2004. She has curated solo and group exhibitions involving artists such as Jason Wee, Genevieve Chua and Sean Lee. She also produced Night Cries, an indigenous film festival at the National Museum, and Ozmosis:Directions in Australian Design for the Singapore Design Festival.

Charmaine is currently the Programme Director at Objectifs where she has played a pivotal role in revitalising the gallery programme and has initiated plans for documentation and research of local art practice. She was previously the Cultural Relations Manager at the Australian High Commission in Singapore where she brought in exhibitions by major Australian artists such as Shaun Gladwell and Brook Andrew. She is also the founder and Director of The Art Incubator Residency Program and occasionally teaches at LASALLE College of the Arts and Republic Polytechnic.

FARM is a multi-disciplinary, award-winning design studio where through a strong network of creatives made up of architects, interior, graphic and industrial designers and curators have been working collaboratively on various projects on community and architectural creations. The FARM team organises quarterly sessions of ROJAK, which is the team’s effort in bringing local creatives closer to the community and presenting to them the intricacies of Singapore’s creative industry.

Some of FARM’s works include the Classic Contemporary Exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum, Baba House Gallery, Peek!, Porcelain Hotel and more.